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CHILDREN'S BOOKS, incl. COMICS, DRAWINGS, GAMES AND TOYS

66/ 811[Drawings]. Bruin, W.K. de (1871-1945). Lot of 4 drawings,all brush and ink and grey wash and some pencil, all 20x29,7 cm., each signed in either of lower corners.

- One drawing w. a few foxed spots.

= Each drawing with small annot. in pencil in upper right corner indicating the specific page number of the drawing ("blz 25", "blz 70", "blz 126" and "blz182") (possibly drawings were made for J. KIEVIT, Vroolijke Vertellingen).

66/ 814[Drawings]. Dekker, H.A.C. (1836-1905). (Elderly lady accompanied by a young woman on her way to the door). (Young woman showing a young child to a woman lying in bed). (Young woman feeding a young child from a cup, an elderly lady watching them from her bed).Three drawings, charcoal, 26x20/ 28x23/ 28x24,5 cm., all monogrammed "HACD" in reverse.

66/ 815[Drawings]. Hollander, C.N. (1934-1995). (Pippi Longstocking in Villa Villekulla with Mr. Nilsson and her horse).Drawing, pen and ink, watercolour and gouache, 50x36,5 cm., signed "Hollander" in pen and ink.

- Leaf yellowed and sl. soiled; vague diagonal crease.

= Original design for the backwrapper for the Dutch edition (1972) of the Swedish children's classic Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Langkous in Dutch, Pippi Långstrump in Swedish) by Astrid Lindgren. A cross-section of the house is shown with Pippi in various typical activities. Most illustrations are owned by the Dutch publisher Ploegsma, so very rare. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVII.

= With a dedication to "Mejufvrouw M. van den Bergh", dated "Mei 1898" on frontcover in pen and ink. Three separate Christmas stories with rather fragmented and slightly incoherent scenes. The first about 3 misers finding their long lost grandchild, the second story about a young amorous gentleman and the last story about three sisters going to a Christmas ball, ending intimately.

66/ 817[Drawings]. Riel, A.P. van (b.1921). (Night scene with a policeman climbing up a hill towards a tower with an owl flying away and a white nightgown flying in the air).Oil on paper, 27x37 cm., signed "vRiel", mounted on board, verso mount w. printed ticket "Taptoe '67". - AND a small drawing "St. Geertruid Limburg", pen and ink and col. pencil by the same, signed "Ton van Riel".

= A pop-up study mock up by American paper animation designer Abe Schenk, for a plate in the pop-up book Winnie-the-Pooh and the bees (first published New York, E.P. Dutton & Co., 1952, adapted from the original illustrations by Shephard). In the published version of the pop-up book a variant of this pop-up can be seen, i.a. with the angling Tigger looking up. From the collection of the pop-up book collector Theo Gielen. SEE ILLUSTRATION PLATE XVIII.

- Contents loose(ning); one plate repaired w. tape; sl. soiled. Frontcover w. sm. tears; sl. worn along extremities. = Lust en Leering p.223 (ed. ±1870); cf. The Children's World of Learning: "(...) telling in verse and fully depicting on the plates all sorts of hilarious mishaps which can take place when not very skilfull people go chasing a mouse in the middle of the night". Cf. Caljé-van Gulik 483 (ed. ±1850).